It won’t happen this election season in Australia, but bloggers are joining the mainstream in the US. According to Wired News in this story “Blogging against Convention” the Democrats have invited 35 bloggers in to cover their convention. The Dems even have their own official blogger, Eric Schnure. Amongst those invited one, “Wonkette”, otherwise known […]

“The Lie Detectors” – it sounds like a movie title, and perhaps it is, in the way it is being used by Australia’s most fragile mainstream party, The Australian Democrats, as their campaign theme for the next election. I must admit, the title and the bleak background on the campaign posters that I saw on […]

Last post on the use of the ’net and Queensland politics I was awarding points to the National Party for their www.governmentwaste.com.au site. This post when I look at the official sites of the major parties they aren’t doing so well. Peter Beattie announced the election at 12:30 p.m. today. By 3:00 p.m. or thereabouts […]

Former Australian Prime Minister and life member of the Liberal Party Malcolm Fraser has joined the cyber age and posted a petition “To End Detention and Separation of Families in Australia” at www.petitiononline.com. I won’t be signing the petition, although I am troubled by many of the issues involved, but as of writing 8,451 people […]